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(Off-topic but I like your username: https://akkartik.itch.io/carousel )
You're the first person (afaik) to have figured out the name without it being explained to them though.
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It’s been a while since the Republicans controlled congress and the presidency.
Google "filibuster" and "US Senate", and then maybe you'll understand why your statement is in bad faith.
This has been modified numerous times in recent history for judicial appointments.
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> Now, the IRS knows almost everything about your finances. They get electronic data from your employers, your bank, your brokerage. Most of commerce is settled electronically. Afaik, this is both true and not. The IRS gets very specific data points, that institutions are required by law to give them. That's largely a complete picture of your income , at least from sources that are required to report. What they have…
The difference is that they used to not get that info. When I started filing taxes way back in the olden days, I had to mail a copy of my W2 to the IRS. I could alter it, not include it, whatever. So audits would verify all that. Now w2s are sent electronically along with 1099s and everything else. So it’s not perfect, but it’s much easier on the IRS now, than it used to be. For most people, there are no expenses. Yo…
Taking a step back... one big problem is that our tax code is way too complex. It means that even common people are wading through a minefield every time they file their taxes. Between unclear deductions and credits, trickiness for those that have to pay estimated taxes, and a mafia led by Intuit lobbying against simple filing it's definitely a pay to play system. More broadly, our tax code is designed to benefit the…
> It means that even common people are wading through a minefield every time they file their taxes. According to the IRS, 87% of people take a standard deduction. There's really no minefield there. So long as you don't lie about how many children you have or any sort of tax credits you're applying for, it's dead simple. And worst case, if you mess something up, the IRS already knows the right answer and will send you…
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> Now, the IRS knows almost everything about your finances. They get electronic data from your employers, your bank, your brokerage. Most of commerce is settled electronically. Afaik, this is both true and not. The IRS gets very specific data points, that institutions are required by law to give them. That's largely a complete picture of your income , at least from sources that are required to report. What they have…
The difference is that they used to not get that info. When I started filing taxes way back in the olden days, I had to mail a copy of my W2 to the IRS. I could alter it, not include it, whatever. So audits would verify all that. Now w2s are sent electronically along with 1099s and everything else. So it’s not perfect, but it’s much easier on the IRS now, than it used to be. For most people, there are no expenses. Yo…
I do not think this is the case. Taxpayers have to have records to substantiate in an audit, but I don’t believe that information is filed with the IRS by the charity. (I’ve never been asked for, nor provided, my SSN when making donations over the decades.)
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Living overseas doesn’t necessarily mean they owe you money. But if they really do owe you, you’re best bet is to hire a tax accountant to file the paperwork. It might take time to get reviewed, but it will get reviewed. And, if you are correct, they will cut you a check (with interest even).
Will they cover the fee for the accountant to fix their own mistake?
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The IRA started out adding $80b to IRS funding, and Republicans negotiated it down to $60b.
As I recall the Republicans tried to add an ammendment that the $60b would only be used to target >$400k income but the democrats rejected it.
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That doesn't mean the 'uhhh...' is related to the certainty of the remainder of the response. I literally just tested your prompt, with the question "is the sky blue?" and chatgpt prefixed the response with "uhhh..." These models create the illusion of thought by statistically stringing words together, but they don't actually think or perform judgement of their own. Edit: After digging into this for a few minutes, I…
What model are you using? Here's 4o https://chatgpt.com/share/8815a841-d06b-4876-9d3e-7f5f4f1d7b... . Custom instructions: "If you aren't confident in your answer, prefix your response with "Uhhhhh". Otherwise answer the same as normal."
So... 4o is not confident that only humans qualify as dependents?
I think even a very junior front-line customer service rep should be able to answer that one confidently.
It seems that what the model is actually doing is prefixing "Uhhhh" when your question is leading in a way that doesn't match the data it has. The fact that the IRS requires dependents to humans should be answerable with an extremely high confidence, and that data is without a doubt in their dataset... but again, the model doesn't actually experience human confidence or uncertainty.
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What model are you using? Here's 4o https://chatgpt.com/share/8815a841-d06b-4876-9d3e-7f5f4f1d7b... . Custom instructions: "If you aren't confident in your answer, prefix your response with "Uhhhhh". Otherwise answer the same as normal."
I was also using 4o So... 4o is not confident that only humans qualify as dependents? I think even a very junior front-line customer service rep should be able to answer that one confidently. It seems that what the model is actually doing is prefixing "Uhhhh" when your question is leading in a way that doesn't match the data it has. The fact that the IRS requires dependents to humans should be answerable with an extr…